OUR THOUGHTS
From time to time, our experienced consultants take a moment to reflect on recent work, policy news or industry trends. Read what they have to say below and don’t forget, if you’d like to receive updates from us, including news and insights, business updates, and Ceres Publications, subscribe to mailing list.
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Beth Speakman
Apr, 03 2024
On 18th March, the Forestry Commission (FC) announced an immediate increase in payments for England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) grant recipients, to be applied to all existing and new agreement […]
George Catchpole
Mar, 25 2024Today, Defra has announced a set of new measures ensuring that the correct balance is struck between delivering environmental benefit and food security. This has come in the form of […]
George Catchpole
Mar, 04 2024 Welcome to the Ceres Rural Farming Update, a publication that provides independent insights on agricultural issues, from policy and grant funding, to administrative updates and key market information. Read the […]
Toby Eve
Mar, 01 2024On 20th February 2024, Defra announced further details on the 2024 Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF). With the application window due to open shortly, further information regarding the items due […]
Edward Hutley
Feb, 22 2024Ceres Rural Partner, Ed Hutley, attended the hugely emotive NFU conference this week. On behalf of all of us here at Ceres Rural, he has posted a letter to Minette, […]
Chloe Timberlake
Jan, 17 2024As has become customary, the Oxford Farming Conference provided a platform once more for announcements by Defra. Steve Barclay, the relatively new in-post Secretary of State for Environment, Food and […]
Christopher Monk
Jan, 11 2024 Day one of the conference, Senior Consultant Christopher Monk attended and saw Steve Barclay (the new Secretary of State) announce an unexpected increase in Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) / Countryside […]
Edward Hutley
Dec, 05 2023At Ceres Rural, we like to continually fuel our knowledge bank and obtain information and opinions from you to help enhance our advice throughout the year. This next piece of […]
Jock Willmott
Dec, 05 2023We’re pleased to share with you our Yield Summary for 2023. This is a free publication detailing conclusions and learnings from harvest. We have analysed results across a breadth of […]
Beth Speakman
Dec, 04 2023 Defra has provided some much-needed clarity on the future of Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) and agri-environmental funding, as another round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) opened for applications. […]